Hodgdon Basic Reloading Manual 2019 (Pdf)
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Winchester® WinClean® 244™ New handgun ball powder ideally suited to the 38 Special, 45 Auto, and 9mm standard loads. Consistency, clean burning, low flash, and a broad range of applications make this powder a perfect choice for any pistol cartridge handloader. • Reduces copper fouling and residue, extending accuracy for longer shooting periods. • Consistent and clean burning, making clean up quick and easy. • Precise metering, ensuring consistent handloads, time-after-time. Available in 1-LB, 4-LB & 8-LB Canisters Three Powder Reloading Manuals in One Reloading data from THREE – Hodgdon®, IMR® and Winchester® Smokeless Propellants – powder brands is Winchester® WinClean® 244™ included in this one reloading manual. Data is listed for many popular RIFLE, PISTOL and SHOTSHELL loads. New handgun ball powder ideally For the most comprehensive, up-to-date reloading data, including many new caliber introductions, please visit suited to the 38 Special, 45 Auto, and the Hodgdon Reloading Data Center at www.HodgdonReloading.com or call 913-362-9455 for technical service. 9mm standard loads. Consistency, clean burning, low flash, and a broad range of applications make this powder a perfect choice for any Contents page Mission Statement Hodgdon New Products . .2 Hodgdon Powder Company operates following Biblical principles to honor God. Our pistol cartridge handloader. mission is to provide quality products and services in a manner which enhances the Introduction . 3 lives of our employees, families, customers, suppliers, and our communities. In • Reduces copper fouling and residue, Powder Descriptions . 4-5 doing so, we will deal with integrity and honesty, reflecting that people are more extending accuracy for longer Hodgdon Rifle Powders . .6 important than dollars and that our purpose is to bring credit to our Lord Jesus Christ. Hodgdon Usage Charts . .7 Shooters! shooting periods. IMR Powder Descriptions . .8 Guarantee the future of shooting by educating tomorrow’s handloaders. Hodgdon • Consistent and clean burning, making IMR Usage Charts . .9 Powder, Co. supports the NRA Foundation’s Handloading Education Endowment Fund Winchester Powder Descriptions. .10 – you can too! Contact; Executive Director, The NRA Foundation, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030 clean up quick and easy. Winchester Usage Charts. .11 • Precise metering, ensuring consistent Relative Burn Rate . 11 About the Cover Properties and Storage of Powder . 12 For 2019, our cover features the perfect group of 28 gauge reloading powders, Universal®, ® handloads, time-after-time. Shipping and Storage of Smokeless Propellants . 12-13 Longshot and Winchester 572™, filling the small bore shooter’s needs from clay target to upland bird hunting . The greatest savings in reloading shotshell cartridges comes when loading Warnings . 13 the small bore shotshells. It is no trick to load these premium rounds for a third the cost of Rifle Data . 14-19 factory ammunition, at the same time, producing ideal patterns with your favorite smoothbore! Pistol Data . 20-21 On the cover we show a fine MEC 28 gauge Grabber Loader, using Winchester HS cases, ® Shotshell . 22 Winchester 209 primers, Downrange Blue PC 28 wads, Longshot Powder and Magnum #8 Available in 1-LB, 4-LB & 8-LB Canisters shot, for the ideal clay target/quail/woodcock combination. The shotgun is a custom stocked, Shotshell Wad Chart and Notes on Recoil . 22 “baby frame”, Beretta, 687 EL Gold, O/U, in 28 gauge. Shotshell Bushing Charts. 23-24 Shotshell Data . 25-40 Hodgdon New Products . 43-44 November 2018 Printed in USA 3 In pistol, 9mm, 38 Super, 40 S&W and 10mm Auto are some of the cartridges where HS-6 provides top performance. In shotshell HS-6 yields excellent heavy field loadings in 10 gauge, 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, and even the efficient and effective 28 gauge HS-6 is truly an outstanding spherical propellant. LONGSHOT® This new spherical shotshell powder is the most versatile heavy field propellant istol & Shotgun Powders Hodgdon has ever produced. Great field loads in 10 gauge, 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, PIn Order of Approximate Burning Rate and 28 gauge are shown herein. This propellant provides true magnum velocities with superb TITEWAD® Through advanced technology, Hodgdon Powder Co. has produced a superior patterns. In addition, LONGSHOT is the best choices for those competitors shooting “race” flattened spherical shotgun powder. Unlike spherical propellants in the past, TITEWAD games such as “Buddy” shoots, “Annie Oakleys” and more. features low charge weights, mild muzzle report, minimum recoil and reduced residue for H110® H110 is the spherical powder that screams “no wimps, please!” It delivers top optimum ballistic performance. This outstanding propellant, designed for 12 gauge only, velocities with top accuracy in the 44 Magnum, 454 Casull and 475 Linebaugh. Silhouette meters superbly and is ideal for 7/8, 1 and 1-1/18 ounce loads. As the name implies, “a little shooters claim it is the most accurate 44 powder they have ever used. In addition, H110 is goes a long way!” “the” choice for the minuscule 410 bore shotgun. It handles all 2-1/2”, 1/2 oz. loads as well Hi-Skor 700-X® This extruded flake powder is ideally suited for shotshells in 12 and 16 gauge as all 11/16 oz. loads for the 3” version. where clay target and light field loads are the norm. It doubles as an excellent pistol target LIL’ GUN® The 410 bore has long been difficult to load due to shortcomings in powder fit, powder for such cartridges as the 38 Special and 45 ACP and many more. metering, along with poor burning characteristics. Not any more! LIL’ GUN was designed to TRAIL BOSS® TRAIL BOSS was designed specifically for low velocity lead bullets suitable for fit, meter and perform flawlessly in the 410 bore. No more spilled shot or bulged cases. In Cowboy Action shooting. It is primarily a pistol powder but has some application in rifles. It addition LIL’ GUN has many magnum pistol applications and is superb in the 22 Hornet. is based on a whole new technology that allows very high loading density, good flow through powder measures, stability in severe temperature variation, and, most importantly, additional ifle Powders safety to the handloader. InR Order of Approximate Burning Rate CLAYS Introduced in January 1992, CLAYS has “taken the clay target world by storm.” It CFE BLK® This new spherical propellant was designed expressly for the 300 Remington AAC is the most clean burning, consistent 12 gauge 7/8 oz., 1 oz. and 1-1/8 oz. powder available Blackout cartridge. It provides full function of AR type rifles throughout the range of bullet today. The superb burning characteristics of this powder produce soft, smooth recoil, ultra weights, and is perfect for those sub-sonic reduced loads. In addition to being outstanding clean burning, mild muzzle report, and excellent patterns. These features transfer directly to in the 300 Blackout, it performs beautifully in many smaller capacity cartridges, in particular, handgun applications where target shooting is the main goal. 45 ACP and 38 Special are only varmint specials such as the 17 Hornet, 17 Ackley Hornet, 218 Bee, 221 Fireball and many two of the cartridges in which CLAYS provides “tack driving” target accuracy with flawless more. It also yields top performance in the 6.8 Remington SPC and the 7.62X39 MM Russian functioning. cartridge. This fine powder meters like a dream, and leaves no copper residue, extending INTERNATIONAL® INTERNATIONAL is the second in the “CLAYS” series of powders. Its accuracy for longer shooting periods, and making clean-up quick and easy. It is truly a burning speed accommodates 12 gauge, 2-3/4” light, medium and heavy 1-1/8 oz. loads, with remarkable new propellant! some very nice 1 oz. listings. Also, it works splendidly in 20 gauge, 7/8 oz. target and light H4198® This Extreme Extruded propellant has gone through some changes since field loads. As with CLAYS, clean burning and flawless functioning is the rule. its inception, all the time maintaining the same important burning speed of the past. The TITEGROUP® As the name implies, this spherical propellant was designed for accuracy. kernels were shortened for improved metering and necessary elements were added to make Because of the unique design, this powder provides flawless ignition with all types of primers it extremely insensitive to hot/cold temperatures. H4198 is outstanding in cartridges like the including the lead-free versions. Unlike pistol powders of the past, powder position in large 222 Remington, 444 Marlin and 7.62 x 39. cases (45 Colt, 357 Magnum and others) has virtually no effect on velocity and performance. H322® This extreme powder has won more benchrest matches than all other propellants Cowboy Action, Bullseye and Combat Shooters should love this one! TITEGROUP has it all combined. It provides match grade accuracy in small and medium capacity cartridges like the HP38® HP38 is a spherical pistol powder that is great for low velocity and mid-range target 223 Remington, 6mm PPC and the 7mm TCU. As a fine extruded powder, it flows through loads in 38 Special, 44 Special and 45 ACP. This high energy powder provides economy in powder measures with superb accuracy. loading. BENCHMARK® As the name implies, this Extreme Extruded propellant was developed UNIVERSAL® UNIVERSAL handles the broadest spectrum of cartridges for both pistol and for precision cartridges, such as benchrest and small varmint cartridges like the 6mm PPC, 22 shotgun. From the 25 ACP to the 44 Magnum, UNIVERSAL provides outstanding performance. PPC, 6mm BR, 22 BR, 223 Remington and 222 Remington. Additionally, it performs superbly In shotgun, it produces excellent loads in 28 gauge 3/4 oz., 20 gauge 7/8 oz., 16 gauge 1 oz., in the 308 Winchester with light match bullets like the 147 gr.